Guatemala food for old people

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Each year we aim to feed 200 old people and benefit their communities with increased dialogue between generations.

Project Message

The elderly have often been neglected as there simply isn't the money for families to feed so many people. It is not that families don't want to feed their elderly relatives, they simply can't.
- Elena Siquinajay de Suy, Indigenous Leader, San Andrés Itzapa

Who is Running This Project

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Guatemala and can also be found under Human Rights.

For more information about Guatemala, read the Human Development Report on Guatemala or the Wikipedia entry for Guatemala.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 28, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 4, 2007

Latest Update from the Field

The elderly continue to receive their food and more to come in 2010

By Dom Williams - Director, December 28, 2009 10:49 AM

The Plan Ancianos has been a huge success this year, with over 100 famlies benefitting from the scheme. Each month they have received their parcels of oil, rice, pasta, soap and other useful items. In 2010, we plan to roll out the plan in another community aswell, instantly doubling the size of the scheme, though the benefits are showing, with the younger children now eating a bit more, as the older generation have their food as part of the Plan Ancianos.
Thank you to all our donors who make this possible.
Happy New Year
cheers

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• Waiting (JPG)
• The men wait their turn (JPG)
• Group (JPG)

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